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LA 1101W - Introduction to Design Thinking [WI OH]
(4 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was DES 1101W until 16-JAN-18, was DHA 1101W until 07-SEP-10, was DHA 1101W until 07-SEP-04, was DHA 1101 until 05-SEP-00, was LA 1101 until 07-SEP-99, DES 1101W (ending 02-SEP-08, starting 05-SEP-00, was DHA 1101W until 07-SEP-10, was LA 1101W until 07-SEP-04, was DHA 1101W until 07-SEP-04, was LA 1101W until 05-SEP-00, was DHA 1101 until 05-SEP-00, was LA 1101 until 07-SEP-99)
Theories/processes that underpin design thinking. Interactions between humans and their natural, social, and designed environments where purposeful design helps determine quality of interaction. Design professions.
LA 1201 - Learning from the Landscape [AH DSJ]
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring)
This course is about the ordinary landscape: the objects, spaces, sites, and stories that are the stage for our everyday lives. But the landscape is not just a neutral stage. The landscape influences our lives and we construct and shape the landscape. This course examines the landscape through lenses of race, equity, justice, and climate change, taking an environmental justice framing in our investigations.
LA 1301 - Introduction to Landscape Architecture Drawing [AH]
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: ARCH 2301 (ending 06-SEP-05, was ARCH 1301 until 22-JAN-08, was LA 1301 until 07-SEP-04, was ARCH 1301 until 07-SEP-04, was LA 1301 until 02-SEP-03, was ARCH 1301 until 02-SEP-03, was LA 1301 until 07-SEP-99), LA 5301 (inactive, ending 08-SEP-09, starting 07-SEP-99)
Development of basic skills in perceiving/representing material environment. Sketching/drawing conventions of visual phenomena/forms.
LA 1401 - The Designed Environment [AH]
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Examination of relationships between place and space, and realms of the ideal and real, public and private. Survey of how the fields of architecture, landscape architecture, and urban design have explored those issues.
LA 1601 - Design and Equity [DSJ AH]
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: LA 1601H (inactive), LA 3601
Investigate world from new perspectives. Spaces of everyday life that reflect/shape values. Meets with LA 3601.
LA 2301 - Mixed Analog and Digital Representation Methods
(3 cr; Prereq-LA 1301 OR GDES 1311 OR instructor consent; Student Option; offered Every Fall)
Explore multimedia rendering techniques using analog (hand sketching/drawing) and digital techniques for raster and vector image generation used to illustrate landscape architecture analysis and design processes.
LA 2302 - Computer-Aided Representation for Environmental Design
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Spring)
Use of computer-aided design (CAD) technologies in developing, representing, and communicating environmental design ideas. Adobe Creative Suite, Autodesk AutoCAD, DynaSCAPE, ESRI ArcMap, etc. Integration of images generated from various computer and hand-rendered technologies.
LA 3001 - Understanding and Creating Landscape Space
(4 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall)
From working with form and material to engaging change and growth, the practice of landscape architecture continually defines and redefines relationships of space and time. Our design processes and interventions guide, respond to, and inform spatial and relational futures within various human and non-human systems. This studio serves as an introduction to this practice. It is designed to assist you in beginning your own exploration into the process of design and practice of understanding and creating landscape spaces.
LA 3002 - Informants of Creating Landscape Space
(4 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Spring)
In this course, you will analyze and design specific projects, considering both their physical and conceptual connection to the larger context in which they are located. The aim is for you to gain an understanding of the relationship of landscape to architecture at the site and urban scales;consider the effects of construction and ground manipulation on the perception and experience of space; and explore the possibilities of layering and transparency, enclosure, and adjacencies in between spaces and connectors. Ultimately, the course will investigate the intersection of physical, biological, and cultural attributes, the opportunities and constraints they produce, the design of space based upon these features, and the [re]presentation of these designs. We will also be building the soft skills that help us grow to be more empathetic and understanding of our client's needs and desired outcomes and practice them throughout the workshop in order to translate experience and input into program and design.
LA 3003 - Climate Change Adaptation
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: LA 5003
This course will study nations, regions, cities, and communities that have adapted or are undergoing adaptation to climate change. The course will examine different approaches in planning, policy, economics, infrastructure, and building design that increase the adaptive capacity of human settlements. These approaches will vary in scale from the construction of new neighborhoods to the implementation of storm water gardens. The course will emphasize multi-functional strategies which couple climate change adaptation with other urban improvements. Learning Objectives: To understand role of climate adaptation in the reconfiguration of human settlements. To apply design thinking to the issue of climate adaptation in the context of an urban society.To apply knowledge to challenge-based coursework on managing climate risk, decreasing climate vulnerability, and building resilience to climate change.
LA 3204 - Holistic Landscape Ecology and Bioregional Practice
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Spring)
Bioregional practice, how it responds to landscape ecology of great bioregions. Scientific/cultural basis for bioregional design and landscape sustainability.
LA 3411 - Learning from the Mediterranean Landscape: Montpellier, France
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall, Spring & Summer; 6 financial aid progress units; may be repeated for 6 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
This course explores the designed public landscapes of the Montpellier, France metropolitan area as a product of the specific time periods, cultures, geographies, and political influences that created them. Students study different districts of the city and regional landscape, focusing on streets, plazas, parks, gardens, and river edges to understand how the design of specific spaces were influenced by different ideas and cultural time periods. Students use different observational and recording methods to understand how these spaces function today and what role they play in the current culture of the city. Students read about ideas and histories that contributed to the shaping of these spaces and complete comparisons, using photography, writing, and observation of environmental factors to more completely understand the designed landscape as both an artifact and a living, breathing, dynamic system.
LA 3413 - Introduction to Landscape Architectural History [GP HIS]
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall)
Study of landscape architecture's roots by examining the creation of landscapes over time. Influences of ecological and environmental issues as well as political, economic, and social contexts on the cultural construction of landscape ideas and meaning and creation of landscape architectural works.
LA 3501 - Environmental Design and Its Biological and Physical Context [ENV]
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Spring & Summer)
Dynamic relationships between environmentally designed places and biological/physical contexts. Integration of created place and biological/physical contexts. Case studies, student design.
LA 3571 - Landscape Construction: Site Systems and Engineering
(3 cr; Prereq-BED major or BED minor or instr consent; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall)
Theory applications of landform systems for design. Landform typology, representation methods, manipulation techniques, use of land survey data, earthwork construction issues. Spatial accommodation of vehicles in landscape architecture, including road design.
LA 3572 - Landscape Construction: Materials, Assemblies and Performance
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Spring)
The subject of this course is Landscape Architecture construction. In this technology-based class, the principles, identification, and application of building materials as well as construction standards and creative developmental strategies in the built environment will be explored. Significantly, functional outdoor spaces that meet specific environmental and social needs are a product of the infrastructures that support human occupation. The material?s responsiveness to site, its programming and durability define the abilities of a project scope to deliver superior performance. Over the course of the semester students will research, analyze, document and apply material solutions that meet specific programmatic, aesthetic and performance requirements.
LA 3601 - Design and Equity [AH DSJ]
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: LA 1601H (inactive), LA 1601
Investigate world from new perspectives. Spaces of everyday life that reflect/shape values. Meets with LA 1601.
LA 3801 - Finding Order: An Introduction to Garden Design
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Summer)
The course explores local gardens and classical gardens and offers students opportunities to learn and practice garden design by engaging students in the first hand observational analysis of extant garden spaces across the Twin Cities.
LA 4001 - Sustainable Landscape Design and Planning Practices Studio
(4 cr; Prereq-LA 2302 and LA 3002 or instructor consent.; Student Option; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: LA 5001 (ending 20-JAN-15)
Applications of sustainable landscape design and planning practices. Examination of the systemic, formal, and spatial relationships across the integration of these practices and quantitative and qualitative changes in biodiversity, quality of the earth?s air, soil, and water resources, development and consumption of energy resources and climate change. Development of design processes for selection, deployment, and management of sustainable practices to create evocative and meaningful landscape in the context of cultural change.
LA 4002 - Design of Urban Landscapes
(4 cr; Prereq-LA 2302, LA 3002; A-F only; offered Every Spring)
LA 4002 will provide an in-depth look at the urban environment. The studio will explore the forces that shape the city and how the city will potentially meet the challenges exerted upon it by a changing climate, reorganized populations, and the technologies of the future.
LA 4096 - Internship in Landscape Design and Planning
(1 cr; Prereq-1301, 2301, 2302, 3001, 3002, 3003; A-F only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Supervised professional experience in environmental design firms or government agencies. Students perform professional services and relate these experiences to their education in environmental design.
LA 4160H - Thesis/Capstone Project (independent study)
(2 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 4 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Individualizes honors experience by connecting aspects of major program with special academic interests.
LA 4501 - Landscape Analysis
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Spring)
The subject of this course is Landscape Architecture analysis. Students will explore the principles and practices of experiential site inventory, data analysis, the documentation of landscape resources, site character and morphology. These will be explored at multiple scales using analog and digital tools. Students will evaluate the layers of existing and historic site conditions that comprehensively include but are not limited to- the biophysical, geologic, architectonic, cultural, political, social and economic factors that comprise the existing conditions and their contexts.
LA 4573 - Landscape Construction: Plant and Soil Systems
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall)
In this course, students will explore the inter-dependent systems of plants and soil in the design and construction of landscapes. Students will learn how to develop construction level planting plans and details, while identifying the contextually rich species and vegetative communities that enhance the performance and experience of landscape space. Students will investigate planting technologies and the unique profiles of soil systems utilized and amended in the construction of site specific landscapes.
LA 4901 - Design of Regional Landscapes
(4 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall)
This design and planning studio focuses on challenges in the creation of sustainable frameworks for resilient multifunctional regional landscapes. This studio will explore the interconnected systems of landscapes at a large, planning scale and engage communities by studying current issues that impact Minnesota landscapes, places, and people. The studio will employ digital geographic information systems and large scale landscape analysis tools to tackle future design and planning issues facing large suburban and/or rural regions. Projects will be approached through a combination of team and individual assignments requiring field work, environmental and human (social, economic, political, etc.) analysis, scenario planning, and visual representation techniques.
LA 4902 - Advanced Landscape Architecture Design
(4 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Spring)
This final design studio explores emerging design topics in landscape architecture at various scales and across different project types. Each student will be presented with design problems of high complexity as defined by their studio instructor. Exact project sites and programs will vary each year with attention to professional currency and emerging literature. Topics will focus on emerging areas of practice related to urban landscape architecture, climate change adaptation, and/or resilient design. This studio will emphasize professional processes, responsibilities, and outcomes as a final preparation for professional practice.
LA 5001 - Sustainable Landscape Design and Planning Practices
(4 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall)
This design and planning studio focuses on challenges in the creation of sustainable frameworks for resilient multifunctional regional landscapes. This studio will explore the interconnected systems of landscapes at a large, planning scale and engage communities by studying current issues that impact Minnesota landscapes, places, and people. The studio will employ digital geographic information systems and large scale landscape analysis tools to tackle future design and planning issues facing large suburban and/or rural regions. Projects will be approached through a combination of team and individual assignments requiring field work, environmental and human (social, economic, political, etc.) analysis, scenario planning and visual representation techniques.
LA 5003 - Climate Change Adaptation
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: LA 3003 (starting 07-SEP-10)
This course studies climate change mitigation and adaptation by examining different responses to human-designed systems including energy, transportation, and inhabitation (housing, work, production). The cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul are used as locations for students to research and develop local responses to climate change that both encompass carbon emissions reductions, environmental justice, and equity.
LA 5096 - Internship for Master of Landscape Architecture Students
(1 cr [max 3]; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 6 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Students will receive supervised professional experience in a landscape architectural design firm in order to gain employment experience related to the field as well as receiving graduate credit. As a requirement of the course, students will submit a reflection paper relating the professional experiences to their education. Must have director of graduate studies (DGS) approval of the internship to register.
LA 5100 - Topics: Landscape Architecture (Topics course)
(1 cr [max 3]; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 6 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Current and emerging topics in the field of landscape architecture. Taught by regular or visiting faculty in their areas of specialization.
LA 5131 - Geospatial Data Analysis and Design
(3 cr; Prereq-Master of Landscape Architecture Student or instructor consent; A-F only; offered Every Fall)
Introduction to geospatial data analysis/application in landscape architectural, environmental design research/practice.
LA 5201 - Making Landscape Spaces and Types
(6 cr; Prereq-LA grad or instr consent; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall)
Introductory studio for landscape architecture. Consideration of built environments for human and other than human habitation. Introduction to ways in which site conditions (soils, water, climate, plant communities, etc.) are mapped, analyzed, and incorporated into design process. Consideration of ways that landscapes are complex combinations of issues of aesthetics, politics, economics, identity, biophysical, and ecological elements.
LA 5202 - Landscape Analysis Workshop
(1 cr; S-N only; offered Every Fall)
One week session prior to the start of the Fall Semester for incoming students based in Minneapolis and Itasca Biological Research Station. Introduction to ecological systems and landscape of Minnesota through on-site techniques for analysis of site conditions, including vegetation, soil, and landform description using different representation techniques and media.
LA 5203 - Ecological Dimensions of Space Making
(6 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Spring)
The course is a landscape design studio focused on human-influenced ecological systems as a starting point for design proposals that address human use and ecological management and/or modification. Course includes the in-depth studies of vegetal species and their place in ecological systems, the relationship of humans and non-humans to human-influenced or modified environments.
LA 5204 - Metropolitan Landscape Ecology
(3 cr; Prereq-LA grad student or instr consent; A-F only; offered Every Fall & Spring)
This course addresses how different types of systems thinking and disciplinary lenses are relevant to understanding the context, structure, and situation of the American urban landscape?including the ecology, culture, and politics of its urban forms and processes. The American urban landscape is a mirror for society?s values, attitudes, beliefs, behaviors, and norms about what is ?good? urban nature. American society?s values, attitudes, and beliefs reflect deeply-rooted ideas about what urban nature is ?best? appreciated, what urban nature is ?best? protected, what urban nature is ?best? produced, what urban nature is ?best? consumed, what urban nature is ?best? abandoned.
LA 5302 - Professional Practice
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Spring)
In this course students will examine historic and current models of professional practices for Landscape Architecture. The course will investigate emerging strategies to accommodate future demands within the discipline. Topics will include office and project management, organizational behavior, marketing, sales, strategic planning, financial/cost accounting, insurance, legal issues, contracts and ethics. The class will offer students the opportunity to explore their own emerging professional focuses in light of the organizational structure of the professional landscape architecture practice settings.
LA 5351 - AutoCAD I
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was ARCH 5351 until 05-SEP-06, was ARCH 5351 until 18-JAN-05
Basic concepts, tools, and techniques of computer-aided drawing with current AutoCAD Release. Strategies and techniques for producing dimensioned and annotated drawings suitable for plotting and an introduction to 3-D drawing capabilities. Use of dimension variables, attributes, blocks, symbols, and the creation of customized menus.
LA 5352 - AutoCAD II
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was ARCH 3352 until 04-SEP-07, was ARCH 5352 until 05-SEP-06, was ARCH 5352 until 18-JAN-05
Intermediate concepts, tools, and techniques of computer-aided drawing with current AutoCAD Release. Strategies and techniques for producing dimensioned and annotated drawing suitable for plotting. Use of dimension variables, attributes, blocks, symbols, and the creation of customized menus.
LA 5371 - Computer Methods I
(1 cr; S-N or Audit)
Equivalent courses: was ARCH 5371 until 04-SEP-12, was ARCH 5371 until 18-JAN-05
Introduction to current techniques, computer programs, and their application to architectural computing.
LA 5372 - Computer Methods II
(1 cr; S-N or Audit; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was ARCH 5372 until 06-SEP-22
Current techniques, computer programs, and their application to architectural computing and design.
LA 5373 - Computer Methods III
(1 cr; S-N or Audit; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was ARCH 5373 until 04-SEP-12
Advanced techniques, computer programs, and their application to architectural computing in design, theory, and technology.
LA 5376 - Representation I
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: LA 5371 (inactive, starting 08-SEP-09), ARCH 2301 (starting 28-MAY-13, was ARCH 1301 until 22-JAN-08, was LA 1301 until 07-SEP-04, was ARCH 1301 until 07-SEP-04, was LA 1301 until 02-SEP-03, was ARCH 1301 until 02-SEP-03, was LA 1301 until 07-SEP-99), LA 5301 (inactive, starting 08-SEP-09)
This course develops students' observation skills and the ability to communicate ideas and concepts through visual expression. Students learn basic conventions of landscape architectural drawing in 2 and 3-dimensions using analog and digital tools, including Adobe Creative Cloud and Rhino.
LA 5377 - Representation II
(3 cr; Prereq-Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA) ; A-F only; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: LA 5372 (inactive), LA 5375 (inactive, starting 28-MAY-13), ARCH 5372 (inactive, starting 07-SEP-99, was LA 5372 until 07-SEP-99)
This course further develops student's digital skills with an emphasis on advanced skills in Adobe Illustrator and Rhino, including some work in parametric scripting with Grasshopper and digital fabrication with 3-D printers or CNC milling machine.
LA 5381 - The City in Visual Culture
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Spring)
Visual culture is not just that we see the way we do because we are social animals, but also that our social arrangements take the forms they do because we are seeing animals. The social arrangements of the city, the buildings and public spaces, are concretized expressions of power and culture. The course will, through multiple drawings, attempt to critically examine these social arrangements as they have evolved over time (history) by re-presenting the city (as human experience and aesthetic form). The course will be structured around on-site work sessions, critical readings, on- and off-site lectures, and weekly drawing assignments.
LA 5400 - Topics in Landscape Architecture (Topics course)
(1 cr [max 3]; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 12 credits; may be repeated 12 times)
Current topics in landscape architecture. Taught by regular or visiting faculty in their areas of specialization.
LA 5401 - Directed Studies in Emerging Areas of Landscape Architecture
(1 cr [max 3]; Prereq-instr consent; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 12 credits; may be repeated 12 times)
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LA 5402 - Directed Studies in Landscape Architecture History and Theory
(1 cr [max 6]; Prereq-instr consent; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 12 credits; may be repeated 12 times)
Independent studies under the direction of landscape architecture faculty.
LA 5403 - Directed Studies in Landscape Architecture Technology
(1 cr [max 6]; Prereq-instr consent; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 12 credits; may be repeated 12 times)
Independent studies under the direction of landscape architecture faculty.
LA 5404 - Directed Studies in Landscape Architecture Design
(1 cr [max 6]; Prereq-instr consent; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 12 credits; may be repeated 12 times)
Independent studies under the direction of landscape architecture faculty.
LA 5405 - Interdisciplinary Studies in Landscape Architecture
(1 cr [max 6]; Prereq-instr consent; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 12 credits; may be repeated 12 times)
Research, planning, or design projects. Topics vary.
LA 5413 - Introduction to Landscape Architectural History
(3 cr; Prereq-One course in history at 1xxx or higher; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall)
This introductory course examines the multiple roots of landscape architecture by examining the making of types of landscapes over time. Emphasis on ecological and environmental issues, and issues related to political, economic, and social contexts of landscape architectural works.
LA 5414 - Study Abroad: History and Culture
(0 cr [max 3]; A-F only; offered Every Spring; may be repeated for 3 credits)
This is a history course aimed at investigating the rich urban, landscape and architectural legacy of Spain, tracing the multiple histories of the Spain through the ceremonial and quotidian spaces of Madrid as it developed as the capital city of the Catholic monarchy and the monuments of Al-Andalus, the Islamic caliphate in Southern Spain. The course is structures so that each week there will be an in-class lecture and a walking tour of Madrid. There will also be several field trips to historic sites.
LA 5571 - Landscape Construction: Landform Systems and Spatial Performance
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall)
Theory and professional applications of landform systems for design. Landform typology, representation methods, manipulation techniques, use of land survey data, earthwork construction issues. Spatial accommodation of vehicles in landscape architecture, including road design.
LA 5576 - Ecological Restoration Project Planning and Management
(3 cr; Prereq-[MLA student, senior B.E.D.] or senior or grad with one college course in ecology/one college course in plant science or botany or instr consent; A-F only; offered Every Fall)
Applied practice of ecological restoration of landscapes. Grasslands, wetlands, forests, disturbed agricultural sites, former industrial parcels. Restoration management, skills needed to lead successful projects.
LA 5761 - Infrastructure + Culture
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Spring)
As attitudes about ecology and nature are shifting and as the threats from climate change are becoming more pronounced, new infrastructure works in the Netherlands are caught a a double bind of responding to ecological concerns and protection of the land. This course will explore both historic and modern water management infrastructures as cultural and engineering constructs through visual representation as a form of critique. The course will be structured around study trips, preparatory readings, on-site lectures, and will be supplemented by the participation of several guest speakers.
LA 5771 - Landscape Infrastructure and Systems I
(3 cr; Prereq-Master of Landscape Architecture Student, [or instr consent]; A-F only; offered Every Fall; may be repeated for 6 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Basic principles, techniques, and skills for creating sustainable infrastructures of built landscapes. Basic concepts of plant taxonomy, plant community structure, earthwork, water management, and landscape structures. Considerations of sustainability of construction materials and processes and how landscape infrastructures relate to climate change adaptation. Skills in creating technical construction drawings. Consideration of construction costs including economic cost and carbon footprints. Understanding of local building codes and introduction to the ADA.
LA 5772 - Landscape Infrastructure Systems II
(3 cr; Prereq-Master of Landscape Architecture Student; A-F only; offered Every Spring; may be repeated for 6 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
LA 5772 focuses on the creation and construction of sustainable through the management of water. Alternate techniques of ?soft? engineering using green infrastructure are emphasized as the primary methods of controlling water flows and volumes. Skills in creating technical construction drawings. More in-depth consideration of construction costs including economic cost and carbon footprints. More in-depth considerations of local building codes and ADA specifications.
LA 8205 - Urban Form Options: Landscape Architecture Studio
(6 cr; Prereq-2 yrs of studio, grad LA major or instr consent; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 8 credits)
Urban-focused design studio addresses current urban issues including climate change, environmental justice, displacement/gentrification, water management, and novel ecosystems. Urban theories and problems are explored through design inquiry in studio and a paired reading seminar.
LA 8206 - Making Urban Landscape Space
(6 cr; Prereq-MLA grad student; A-F only; offered Every Fall; may be repeated for 12 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Advanced design studio course focusing on current or emerging topics in urban or urbanizing landscapes. The specific course topics vary slightly from year to year and between sections. Each studio is focused on the same set of learning objectives, but with different studio sites and focus. Each studio explores a site and local culture of a metropolitan area and involves brief travel to the studio site. In general, these studios will examine changing conditions due to industrial decline, technological advancement, climate change, etc. as experimental ground for studio investigations into new paradigms of landscape-based solutions to urban design/development, and infrastructure.
LA 8207 - Cities on Water International Workshop
(6 cr; Prereq-Grad LA or ARCH major or instr consent; A-F only; offered Every Spring; may be repeated for 16 credits)
Intensive studio course on international applications of sustainable urban design in the contexts of climate change and environmental justice.
LA 8301 - Landscape Architecture: Research Issues and Methods
(3 cr; Prereq-8201 or concurrent registration is required (or allowed) in 8201, grad LA major or instr consent; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Alternative methodological approaches to landscape architectural research and consideration of their appropriateness for contemporary research topics.
LA 8302 - Professional Practice
(3 cr; Prereq-8205, grad LA major or instr consent; A-F or Audit; offered Every Spring)
How are professional design offices managing their practices and addressing goals of sustainability and equity? What are the financial and cost accounting, insurance, legal, and policy issues that frame professional practice?
LA 8333 - FTE: Masters
(1 cr; Prereq-Master's student, adviser and DGS consent; No Grade Associated; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; 6 academic progress units; 6 financial aid progress units)
(No description)
LA 8400 - Topics in Landscape Architecture (Topics course)
(1 cr [max 8]; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 96 credits; may be repeated 12 times)
Seminar offered by regular or visiting faculty in their area of specialization. Content varies with interest of instructor.
LA 8401 - Directed Studies in Emerging Areas of Landscape Architecture
(1 cr [max 6]; Prereq-instr consent; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 12 credits; may be repeated 12 times)
Current topics in landscape architecture. Seminar offered by regular or visiting faculty in their area of specialization. Subject matter varies with instructor.
LA 8402 - Directed Studies in Landscape Architecture History and Theory
(1 cr [max 6]; Prereq-Grad LA major or instr consent; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 12 credits; may be repeated 12 times)
Advanced independent studies under direction of landscape architecture faculty.
LA 8403 - Directed Studies in Landscape Architecture Technology
(1 cr [max 6]; Prereq-Grad LA major or instr consent; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 12 credits; may be repeated 12 times)
Advanced independent studies under direction of landscape architecture faculty.
LA 8404 - Directed Studies in Landscape Architecture Design
(1 cr [max 6]; Prereq-Grad LA major or instr consent; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 6 credits)
Advanced independent studies under direction of landscape architecture faculty.
LA 8405 - Interdisciplinary Studies in Landscape Architecture
(1 cr [max 6]; Prereq-Grad LA major or instr consent; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 12 credits; may be repeated 12 times)
Research, planning, and/or design project. Sample topics: energy efficient design, historic preservation, urban revitalization, agricultural land use, computerized land-use planning, housing.
LA 8554 - Project Programming
(2 cr; Prereq-8203, [grad land arch major or instr consent]; A-F only; offered Every Fall; may be repeated for 4 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Independent research focused on defining and delineating a landscape design project for LA 8555 studio.
LA 8555 - Advanced Landscape Planning and Design
(6 cr; Prereq-8205, grad land arch major or instr consent; A-F or Audit; offered Every Spring)
Landscape design studio focused on an independent, research-based project defined by the student. Project addresses contemporary issues including climate change, degraded ecologies, inequity, and water scarcity.
LA 8773 - Landscape Infrastructure and Systems III
(3 cr; Prereq-Master of Landscape Architecture Student or instr consent; A-F only; offered Every Fall; may be repeated for 6 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
LA 8773 focuses on the use of plant materials, plant communities, and the design of planted spaces in supporting the construction of sustainable landscapes. Emphasis is placed on understanding the ecology of plant communities and the use of plants in different environments, including dry and wet landscapes. Advanced work in creating professional drawing sets (planting plans and specifications) for construction.
LA 8774 - Landscape Infrastructure and Systems IV
(3 cr; Prereq-Master of Landscape Architecture Student or instr consent; A-F only; offered Every Spring; may be repeated for 6 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Builds on LA 8773. In-depth consideration of materials and assemblies including case studies of including carbon neutral and biophyllic approaches. Emphasis is placed on understanding longevity of materials and assemblies, embodied carbon, and lifecycle of materials and assemblies. Explores building codes and basic engineering principles. Advanced work in creating professional drawing sets for construction.Consideration of how new materials and assemblies relate to current code requirements. Advanced drawing techniques. Consideration of construction costs including economic cost and carbon foot-printing and lifecycle analysis.
LA 8775 - Landscape Infrastructure and Site Technology V
(3 cr; Prereq-8773, 8774 preferred, students outside of Master of Landscape Architecture program are encouraged to enroll upon demonstration of similar pre-requisite coursework and instr consent; Student Option; offered Every Spring; may be repeated for 6 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Seminar, cross-disciplinary. Advanced inquiry into complex site-scale problems requiApplied theory. Professional practice applications with emphasis on urban/post-industrial sites. Programmatic, regulatory/construction contexts. Directed research of emerging/speculative infrastructure.
LA 8777 - Thesis Credits: Master's
(1 cr [max 18]; Prereq-Max 18 cr per semester or summer; 10 cr total required (Plan A only); No Grade Associated; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 50 credits; may be repeated 10 times)
(No description)

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